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Ronald Charles "Ronnie" Irani (born 26 October 1971) is a former England cricketer who spent most of his career at Essex County Cricket Club, latterly as captain, after starting at Lancashire. He is of Irani descent, the Iranis being a community of Persian Zoroastrians who immigrated to India during the British Raj. He played only three Tests for England, with decidedly mixed success, but found a niche in One Day Internationals. Irani was a genuine all-rounder until a knee injury in 2003 forced him to stop bowling and play as a specialist batsman. The recurring nature of this injury led to Irani being forced to retire from first-class cricket in June 2007. At Essex, Irani helped bring through promising players such as Alastair Cook (England Captain) and Ravinder Bopara (England Player) as well as winning two major One-Day Titles. Professionally he scored over 20,000 runs and took more than 650 wickets during his career. He announced his retirement from first-class cricket at the end of the 2007 season. ==Career== He started his career playing for Lancashire in 1990, before he moved to Essex in 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Teams Ronnie Irani played for )〕 At Essex, he gained cult status,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Profile: Ronnie Irani )〕 before he became captain in 2000,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Player Profile: Ronnie Irani )〕 and is generally accepted to have done a decent job in charge, helping to bring through promising players such as Alastair Cook, Will Jefferson and Ravi Bopara. After Graham Gooch stepped down as the club's head coach prior to the start of the 2005 season, Irani assumed some of these responsibilities in addition to his role as county captain.〔 In June 2007, he rejected a new contract with Essex and announced his retirement from first class cricket at the end of the 2007 season. He retired with immediate effect later that month. After his retirement, he took on a position at talkSPORT, where he co-hosted, until 2013, ''The Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast'' with former Scottish international footballer Alan Brazil. On this show, he picked up the nickname Chicken from the dish Chicken Biriyani rhyming with his surname.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Radio Shows: Ronnie Irani )〕 In 2009 Irani's autobiography "No Boundaries" was published.〔http://www.amazon.co.uk/No-Boundaries-Ronnie-Irani/dp/1844548619〕 He was also part of a celebrity 'consortium' (along with Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans) who clubbed together to pay for Paul Gascoigne to receive treatment for alcoholism in the US.〔http://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/chris-evans-and-ronnie-irani-help-gazza-get-treatment-8480969.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronnie Irani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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